The coronavirus outbreak that originated in China is serious enough to qualify as a global health emergency. Consider chicken pox in the United States, or malaria in some African countries. Compared with China, which is dealing with more than 28,000 cases, most experts agree: It’s not a pandemic — yet. The new coronavirus could wind up following the path of the H1N1 swine flu, which caused a pandemic in 2009. said that if 2019-nCoV joins the list of seasonal respiratory viruses, it could ultimately lead to tens of thousands of deaths in the United States each year.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 06, 2020 15:22 UTC